Venerable Evagrius (''Evargresi,'' fellow-ascetic of St. Shio of Mgvime), with St. Elias the [[Deacon]], and other Disciples of the [[w:Thirteen Assyrian Fathers|Thirteen Syrian Fathers]], of the Shio-Mgvime Monastery in Georgia (6th c.);

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The Holy Six Martyrs;

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Saint Euthymius the Younger of Thessalonica (Euthymius the New), monk;

Finding of the holy [[relics]] (January 4, 1974) of New Martyr John the ex-Muslim of [[w:Konitsa|Konitsa]] (''John of Ioannina'') († [[September 23]], 1814), in the Holy Monastery of Prousou in [[Evrytanian Saints|Evrytania]], Greece.

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Latest revision as of 16:51, January 11, 2013

Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ;
Synaxis of the Holy Seventy Apostles;
Martyr Djan Darada, the Ethiopian eunuch of Queen Candace (1st c.);
Martyrs Chrysanthus and Euthymia;
Martyrs Zosimas the Hermit and Athanasius the Commentarisius (prison warden), anchorites of Cilicia (3rd-4th c.);
Venerable Theoprobus of Karpasia, Bishop of Karpasia in Cyprus (4th c.);
Righteous Apollinaria the Senator (5th c.);
Venerable Evagrius (Evargresi, fellow-ascetic of St. Shio of Mgvime), with St. Elias the Deacon, and other Disciples of the Thirteen Syrian Fathers, of the Shio-Mgvime Monastery in Georgia (6th c.);
The Holy Six Martyrs;
Saint Euthymius the Younger of Thessalonica (Euthymius the New), monk;
Venerable Timothy the Stylite (872);
Saint Linus, the first Pope of Rome (ca.76) (in the East: Jan 4 and Nov 5);
Saint Clement I, one of the Seventy Apostles, third Pope of Rome (ca.101) (in the East: Jan 4, Apr 22, Sept 10 and Nov 25);
Saint Mavilus (Majulus), a martyr in Hadrumetum in North Africa, thrown to wild beasts at the time of Caracalla (212);
Martyrs Priscus, Priscillian and Benedicta, in Rome (ca.361-363);
Martyr Dafrosa (Affrosa), the mother of St Bibiana, martyred in Rome under Julian the Apostate (ca.361-363);
Martyrs Aquilinus, Geminus, Eugene, Marcian, Quintus, Theodotus and Tryphon, in North Africa under the Arian Hunneric, King of the Vandals (ca.484);
Saint Gregory of Langres, Bishop of Langres in Gaul, renowned for miracles (539-540);
Saint Ferreolus of Uzès, Bishop of Uzès (581);
Saint Pharäildis (Vareide, Verylde, Veerle), one of the patron-saints of Ghent (ca.740);
Saint Rigobert, Archbishop of Rheims and Confessor (ca.745);
Venerable Theoctistus of Sicily, Abbot at Cucomo (Coucouma, Coucoumis) in Sicily (800);
Saint Libentius (Liäwizo I), born in Swabia in Germany, became Bishop of Hamburg in 988 (1013);
Venerable Hieromartyr Abbot Euthymius, and 12 Monk-martyrs of Vatopedi Monastery, on Mt. Athos, who suffered martyrdom for denouncing the Latinizing rulers Michael Paleologos and John Bekkos as heretics (ca.1285);
Repose of St. Eustathius I of Serbia (Eustace of Serbia, Jevstatije I), first Archbishop of Serbia (1286);
Saint Aquila (Aquilae, Achillios), Deacon of the Kiev Caves Monastery (14th c.);
Venerable Symeon of Smolensk, Metropolitan of Smolensk (1699);
New Monk-martyr Onuphrius Manassias of Gabrovo and Chilandar Monastery, Mt. Athos, on Chios (1818);
Saint Nikiforos the Leper (1964);
New Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop;
New Martyr Uvelicius;
New Martyr Amma;
New Hieromartyr Alexander Yuzefovitch, Priest, at Alma-Ata (1921);
New Hieromartyr Philip Gregoriev, Protopresbyter, at Alma-Ata (1933);
New Hieromartyr Stephen, Priest (1933);
New Hieromartyr Nicholas Maslov, Priest, at Alma-Ata (1939);
New Hieromartyr Paul, Priest (1941);
Other commemorations:
Finding of the holy relics (January 4, 1974) of New Martyr John the ex-Muslim of Konitsa (John of Ioannina) († September 23, 1814), in the Holy Monastery of Prousou in Evrytania, Greece.